Your home bank could take some time to transfer the money to Wise which often accounts for the delay in getting your money. There are only 3 Thai banks that Wise will transfer more than baht to in one go. Over baht takes longer than or less. A credit card transfer of less than baht usually takes seconds. I did 3 in an hour and the slowest was 22 seconds.

@Jo *********

for me bank to bank was not only expensive but after 3 monthly payments they closed my UK account as they considered that I was no longer resident in UK.

@Gareth *******

Wise is not a bank but I've had no problems with their service.

@Bill *******

what I have said was exactly what I required for my non o based on being over 50. If your experience has been different it would not surprise me as offices around the Kingdom have varying requirements.

They will require a map showing where you live. Some want it hand drawn and others accept Google maps print out. If the map does not tie up with a tm30 report you are going to have a problem. Presumably you are up to date with 90 day reports?

Do any offices accept the bank book copy which clearly shows foreign transfers and their date?

Agent opens bank account. Deposits 0 baht. You sign a paper to allow them to take it out. A friend if mine actually changed the password before they took the money out. They were not happy but it ended OK. They can't take your money if there is none in the account.

@Varda *******

look on Facebook market place. Lots of lovely looking Toyota Sportrider on there or you could join their Facebook page. Failing that tgerexare plenty if second hand car dealers everywhere.

Depends entirely on where you live and how much you want to travel.

There are some very sound old Toyota trucks for sale for little money. Cheap to insure and service but like the diesel. A bit rough and ready but I had one for two years and it had 0km on it when I sold it for 0 baht. I paid 0 baht for it. 2700 baht a month! Failing that I also rented a Yaris for 18 months at baht per month. Make sure you have good insurance with low excess. I demolished the front if one car and it cost me 7500 baht. I had a new car within the hour. A Thai driving license helps but you must have an idp to go along with your home license. Legally you can only drive in Thailand for 90 days without Thai license. Dont drive it do anything if a motoring nature that you are not allowed to do in your home country or most likely your insurance will be invalid.